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Preferential Trade Agreements, Democracy, and the Risk of Coups d'état.

Objectives: We seek to investigate the impact of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on coups d'état. We argue that signing PTAs lowers the risk of coups because it acts as a credible commitment of signatory countries to pursuing long‐term economic benefits, which further reduces potential challeng...

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Published in:Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 101; no. 5; pp. 1834 - 1850
Main Authors: Wu, Wen‐Chin, Ye, Fangjin
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2020
Subjects:
Class differences
Intergenerational mobility
Sociodemographic factors
Political trust (in government)
United States politics & government
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost